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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

antispastus

, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to draw the contrary way;

ἀντί

against + [GREEK] to draw.]

(Pros.)

A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#).

antispast ‎(plural antispasts)

a metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee